Railway car



1,506,978 T. ELLIQTT Q I RAILWAY CAR Sept. 2 1924.

Filed Aug. 11, 1922.

' larged Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

THOMAS ELLIOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI CAR COM- PANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A COBIORATION .OF OHIO.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed August 11, 1922. Serial No. 581,069

To all whom it may concem: v Be it known'that I, THOMAS ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States residing at. Cincinnati in the county of l-lamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to. the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in railway cars, particularly the kind used on street railway linesand on interurban roads. One object of the invention is to provide an anchor device which shall secure the posts to the belt rail and, preferably, incidentally also secure the window sill between the belt rail and the post.

And a further object of my invention is to facilitate the ready assembling of the sasheswith the posts and the easy removal of the sashes, as occasion requires, which I accomplish by metallic pilasters adapted to be connected with the posts and maintain the sashes in place.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. lis a vertical sectionalview, on an enlarged scale, of one side of a car bod embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is another enlar ed vertical sectional view showing the re ation of the belt rail, rib, side post and anchor;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the side on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 41- 1 of Fig. 1, showing more particularly the metal per sash; and p r Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, en-

and in detail, of a metallic post post chair.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that instead of the common construction of a side post extending from the body floor in a continuous piece to the roof, and in some instances, in acontinuous piece from the floor at one side of the car to the floor at the other, thus including in one piece two posts and a rafter, I have .departed from that type of construction and fashioned these major framing members of ribs 1 which extend from the floor or sill 6 to the point where the belt rail 2 is located. On

the belt rail I mount the window sill 3,

pilaster to retain theupover which I fit a post-chair 3? constructed .of metal, preferably cast. This chair has a base portion 3 with end shoulders 3 and 3? formed, respectively, on the flanges 2 and 3'. The flanges 3 and 3", in the lower portion, form a sort of leg for the chair to supportthe base portion '3" in practically horizontal position, while the flange 3 overlaps the inner part of the belt rail 2. The

.half post is seated on the base 3* and be:

Pica.

desired manner, preferably that indicated in the upper part of Fig. 1, a construction which is set forth in my pending No; 553,653, filed April 17, 1922. The side post is grooved at 5, as shown best in Fig. 3, to receive the lower sash 7. Fig. 3 shows a cross section of the post 4, and its groove 5 for. the lower sash, as also the groove 5 for the curtain, with the curtain-retaining strips of metal 5.

The post 4 is anchored at its lower end.

to that part of the structure which is below the post, by means of the anchor bolt 8 and 2, to'the body plate 2, and which, in turn,

ribs 1. They post 4 is bored out at an inclination, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the anchor bolt whose upper end is screwed or otherwise united with an anchor block 8*. The bolt extends through the chair 3, the sill 3, the belt/rail 2 and the flange portion 2 of the rib. At this lower end the anchor bolt is threaded and a nut 9 is applied, by which all these parts are drawn and tightly bound together, and the foot of the side post duly anchored. to the lower portion of the structure.

It will be seen that besides anchoring the post to the lower structure of the body the action of the anchor is also that of clampcas'e, Ser.

the belt rail 2 which is joined, as by rivets I ing the window sill to the belt rail and securing the post so that rain and other moisture will beexcluded.

The lower sash? is fitted to slide in the way.5 behind the metal pilaster "6 This pilaster extends from the belt rail 2 upward along and over the half post until it reaches the lower cross bar of the 'upper. sash 10. It issecured in any desired manner to the post, preferably by screws 6". The sash 7 is readil and quickly assembled in position before t e pilastert is applied and then the positioning of the pilaster on the post maintains the sash in place.

The numeral 11 designates the upper metal pilaster for retaining the upper sash 10 in its place in the recess 12 formed in the upper face of the post 4. This pilaster is secured in any desired manner. At its lower end it fits under the lower bar of the upper sash 10 and at its upper end under the lower edge of the letter board 13.

It will be seen that by the construction described I provide a strong and durable manner of mounting and securing the lower end of the half sts, as alsosecuring the window sills to tli belt rail. And flu'thefr, that I also afford a convenient and ready means of assembling the sashes with the posts and of maintaining theni'in'their appropriate places by means of the lower metallic pilasters 6 and the upper metallic pilasters 11.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car body, the combination with ribs built into the lower structure, and a belt rail secured above the ribs, of posts located in the structure above the belt rail a113, anchors to secure the posts to the belt ra 2. In a car body, the combination with ribs built into the lower structure and a belt rail extending over and inward of the ribs and secured, of side posts built into the upper structure and extending" from near the belt rail to near the roof, and anchors adapted to secure the posts to the belt rail.

3. In a car body, the combination with ribs and a belt rail above them, of a. window sill on the belt rail and side posts above the sill, and an anchor acting to bind and secure together the belt rail, the sill and the posts and thereby the posts to the ribs.

4. In a car body, the combination with ribs and a belt rail, of side posts and anchor bolts imbedded in the posts and extending through the belt rail and having nuts to clamp theparts together.

5. In a car body, the combination with ribs, a belt rail and a window sill on the rail, of side posts on the sill and bolts anchored in the posts and extending through the sill and the belt rail and provided with binding nuts.

6. In a car body, the combination with ribs in the lower structure, body plates secured to the ribs, a belt rail secured to such plates and extending over and inward of the renews ribs, of a $111 on the belt rail, side posts above the sill, window sashes slidably mounted in the posts, and a bolt anchored ribs built into the lower structure, and a belt rail secured above the ribs, of posts located in the structure above the belt rail, a chair at the foot of each post, a sill between the chair and the belt rail, and

anchors to secure the posts to the belt rail and down in the chairs.

9. In a car body, the combination with a belt rail'secured to the car body and a side post, of a chair adapted to rest on the belt rail and receive the lower end of the post and means to secure the post in the chair.

10. In a car body, the combination with a belt rail secured to the car body, a side post, and a chair adapted to rest on the belt rail and receive the lower end of the post, of an anchor bolt secured to the post and adapted to extend through the chair and belt rail and rovided with a nut, whereby the post and chair are firmly held together.

11. In a car body, the combination of a side post, a pilaster on the outer face of the post having inward projections fitting around the adjacent side face of the post,

and abutments integral with the post 00- operating with the projections of the pilaster to form sash guideways. v

12. In a car body, the combination with a side post having its outer edges reduced and a removable metallic pilaster on its outer face and having inward projections fitting over the outer marginal edges of the post and to leave a way or space between it and a portion of the post, to form a guide for a movable sash.

13. In a car body the combination with by said pilaster being recessed, a stationary,

sash fitted into said recess, and a second removable pilaster. overlying the sash and securlng said stationary sash to the latter.

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14 Ina, car bod the-combination with of the incline, whereby the seat is mainan inclined belt rail, of a post chair eomtained substantially horizontal, a. post restprising a body having a. seat for the end ing on said seat, and, means for secm'ing 10 of a. post and having outer and inner side said post, chair and reil together.

5 flanges, the inner side flange fitting over the In-testimony whereof, I aflixmy signanpper end" of the inclined belt rail and the ture. 5 outer flange resting on the lower portion ,7 THOMAS ELLIOTT. 

